August 22, 2012, 5:55PM

Joshua David Nicholas, 39, pleaded guilty to one count of felony murder in the death of 48-year-old Lori Fitzgerald, according to the Washington County District Attorney's Office. He was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 25 years. Full story »

June 14, 2012, 7:02PM

Donn Thomas Spinosa, the Aloha man who has spent the past 15 years in Oregon State Hospital facilities, will remain there for at least another six months after a Multnomah County judge declared him a danger to society. Full story »

May 11, 2012, 9:30PM

After six weeks of trial, jurors considered Bement's sentence for a little more than four hours before returning a verdict Friday night. Bement, convicted of aggravated murder in the 2010 shooting of David Greenspan, let out a sigh of relief at the no-death verdict. Full story »

May 04, 2012, 5:28PM

Growing up in West Chicago, Ill., Bement won a contest for his stand-up comedy routine and loved making people laugh, friends and family testified. His life took a turn when he started using heroin in high school. Full story »

April 02, 2012, 8:31PM

Shane Sopher, 36, could be released as early as November, after the Oregon Board of Parole determined at a prison-term hearing last month that he should have been considered for parole five years ago. Sopher was convicted of aggravated murder in the fatal beating of Donna Barrow, who died in April 1992. Full story »